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A 93.2% prison inmates’ matric pass rate for 2023 National Senior Certificate Exams is higher than the national average. How'd they do it?

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has called on employers to register

Douglas Gibson says gap in test scores between top 20% of schools and other 80% wider than any other country in the world

Parents say officials at the Gauteng West education department office refused to help them on Tuesday because a colleague was at a funeral.

In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday,23 January 2024, Faf de Klerk and wife, Miné, are expecting their first child!

Here is the school calendar for 2024, a crucial guide encompassing term dates, public and school holidays.

In a bid to boost employment figures, the government believes no work experienced is needed in South Africa to get jobs.

SA’s education system desperately needs regular standardised assessments with rigorous diagnostics that can be used to track progress.

In other instances, adult intruders gained access into the schools, which threatened the safety of all on the premises.

Pushing students through school with inadequate results and without feedback creates a false sense of achievement.